Year
|
Player
|
School
|
1935
|
Jay Berwanger
|
Chicago
|
1936
|
Larry Kelly
|
Yale
|
1937
|
Clint Frank
|
Yale
|
1938
|
Davey O'Brien
|
Texas Christian
|
1939
|
Nile Kinnick
|
Iowa
|
1940
|
Tom Harmon
|
Michigan
|
1941
|
Bruce Smith
|
Minnesota
|
1942
|
Frank Sinkwich
|
Georgia
|
1943
|
Angelo Bertelli
|
Notre Dame
|
1944
|
Les Horvath
|
Ohio State
|
1945
|
Doc Blanchard
|
Army
|
1946
|
Glenn Davis
|
Army
|
1947
|
Johnny Lujack
|
Notre Dame
|
1948
|
Doak Walker
|
Southern Methodist
|
1949
|
Leon Hart
|
Notre Dame
|
1950
|
Vic Janowicz
|
Ohio State
|
1951
|
Dick Kazmaier
|
Princeton
|
1952
|
Billy Vessels
|
Oklahoma
|
1953
|
Johnny Lattner
|
Notre Dame
|
1954
|
Alan Ameche
|
Wisconsin
|
1955
|
Howard Cassady
|
Ohio State
|
1956
|
Paul Hornung
|
Notre Dame
|
1957
|
John David Crow
|
Texas A&M
|
1958
|
Pete Dawkins
|
Army
|
1959
|
Billy Cannon
|
Louisiana State
|
1960
|
Joe Bellino
|
Navy
|
1961
|
Ernie Davis
|
Syracuse
|
1962
|
Terry Baker
|
Oregon State
|
1963
|
Roger Staubach
|
Navy
|
1964
|
John Huarte
|
Notre Dame
|
1965
|
Mike Garrett
|
Southern Cal
|
1966
|
Steve Spurrier
|
Florida
|
1967
|
Gary Beban
|
UCLA
|
1968
|
O.J. Simpson
|
Southern Cal
|
1969
|
Steve Owens
|
Oklahoma
|
1970
|
Jim Plunkett
|
Stanford
|
1971
|
Pat Sullivan
|
Auburn
|
1972
|
Johnny Rodgers
|
Nebraska
|
1973
|
John Cappelletti
|
Penn State
|
1974
|
Archie Griffin
|
Ohio State
|
1975
|
Archie Griffin
|
Ohio State
|
1976
|
Tony Dorsett
|
Pittsburgh
|
1977
|
Earl Campbell
|
Texas
|
1978
|
Billy Sims
|
Oklahoma
|
1979
|
Charles White
|
Southern Cal
|
1980
|
George Rogers
|
South Carolina
|
1981
|
Marcus Allen
|
Southern Cal
|
1982
|
Herschel Walker
|
Georgia
|
1983
|
Mike Rozier
|
Nebraska
|
1984
|
Doug Flutie
|
Boston College
|
1985
|
Bo Jackson
|
Auburn
|
1986
|
Vinny Testaverde
|
Miami
|
1987
|
Tim Brown
|
Notre Dame
|
1988
|
Barry Sanders
|
Oklahoma State
|
1989
|
Andre Ware
|
Houston
|
1990
|
Ty Detmer
|
Brigham Young
|
1991
|
Desmond Howard
|
Michigan
|
1992
|
Gino Torretta
|
Miami
|
1993
|
Charlie Ward
|
Florida State
|
1994
|
Rashaan Salaam
|
Colorado
|
1995
|
Eddie George
|
Ohio State
|
1996
|
Danny Wuerffel
|
Florida
|
1997
|
Charles Woodson
|
Michigan
|
1998
|
Ricky Williams
|
Texas
|
1999
|
Ron Dayne
|
Wisconsin
|
2000
|
Chris Weinke
|
Florida State
|
2001
|
Eric Crouch
|
Nebraska
|
2002
|
Carson Palmer
|
USC
|
2003
|
Jason White
|
Oklahoma
|
2004
|
Matt Leinart
|
USC
|
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